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Marina Klimova

 
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Marina Klimova
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Klimova & Ponomarenko
Personal information
Full name: Marina Vladimirovna Klimova
Country represented:  Soviet Union
Olympic flag.svg Unified Team
Date of birth: July 28, 1966 (1966-07-28) (age 43)
Place of birth: Sverdlovsk
Former partner: Sergei Ponomarenko
Medal record
Figure skating
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Silver 1988 Calgary Ice dancing
Bronze 1984 Sarajevo Ice dancing
Competitor for the Unified Team
Gold 1992 Albertville Ice dancing

Marina Vladimirovna Klimova (Russian: Марина Владимировна Климова; born July 28, 1966 in Sverdlovsk, RSFSR) is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified team. Her skating partner and husband is Sergei Ponomarenko.

She trained at Spartak in Moscow. In addition to winning three World Championships and four European Championships, Klimova and Ponomarenko are the only figure skaters in any discipline to have won Olympic medals in three different colors. They won the bronze medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics, the silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics for the Soviet Union and the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics for the Unified Team.

Klimova and Ponomarenko married in September 1984 and have two sons, Tim Ponomarenko born in 1998 and Anthony Ponomarenko in 2000. They turned professional after the 1992 World Championships. They now reside in the United States in Morgan Hill, California and coach young figure skaters at Sharks Ice at San Jose, California.

Klimova and Ponomarenko were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000.

Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko Official Website

Competitive highlights

Event 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1995 1996
Olympic Games 3rd 2nd 1st
World Championships 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st
European Championships 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st
Professional World Championships 2nd 2nd

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